![]() ![]() They also had to streamline the very mixed fleet of 259 aircraft of 31 different types. The main tasks of Air France's executives were to upgrade the 37,800-km network covering Europe, the Mediterranean region and South America, and destinations along the Saigon route. Using the Air Orient winged seahorse logo, it moved into Air Orient's offices at 2, rue Marbeuf in Paris. Air France was officially inaugurated at the Paris-Le Bourget Airport on 7 october 1933. ( formerly Franco-Roumaine), started up a joint airline named Société Centrale pour l'Exploitation de Lignes Aériennes ( S.C.E.L.A.). The airline was named Air France, in August 1933, following the takeover of the assets of the bankrupt Aéropostale. In 1933, Air Orient, Air Union, the Société Générale de Transport Aérien ( S.G.T.A. formerly Lignes Farman) and the C.I.D.N.A. The financial crisis in the early 1930s, which inevitably left its mark on civil aviation, and the political determination of Pierre Cot, Minister of Aviation, resulted in the first major restructuring of the French air transport industry in 1933. įrom 1923 to 1933, the French airline network grew fivefold. At the time, passenger transportation was developing fast, but was still reserved for a very select few ( only 6786 passengers in 1922). Meanwhile Maurice Noguès pioneered new routes to Asia, and Jean Dagnaux to Africa.Ĭommercial air transport began with the carriage of mail. ![]() This was the time of the pioneering spirit, of eminent personalities and magnificent feats : Didier Daurat, Director of Operations for Lignes Latécoère and later Aéropostale, Jean Mermoz, Henri Guillaumet, Marcel Reine, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Paul Vachet, Raymond Vanier, Jean Dabry, Georges Pivot, Léo Gimié, and many pilots and mechanics took great risks to take the mail as far as Santiago in Chile. ( Compagnie Générale d'Entreprises Aéronautiques, formerly Lignes Latécoère).Īir Union and les Lignes Farman operated flights in Western Europe. The Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne ( CIDNA), formerly Franco-Roumaine, flew to Eastern Europe, and Air Orient set up in 1930, from Air Union-Lignes d'Orient, formerly Messageries Transaériennes, extended its network to the Far East. L' Aéropostale, set up in 1927, opened routes to Spain, Morocco and South America, thanks to a far-sighted businessman by the name of Marcel Bouilloux-Lafont, who took over the C.G.E.A. Les Messageries Aériennes and Les Grands Express Aériens subsequently merged under the Air Union brand. An initial merger took place in 1921 between C.G.T. Little by little, French civil aviation became increasingly organized, encouraged by the French government, which substantially a business that was structurally loss-making. ![]() The Compagnie de Navigation Franco-Roumaine was set up the following year This was followed by l'Aéronavale, Les Messagerie Aériennes, les Grands Express Aériens, Les Lignes Farman and Les Messageries Transaériennes in 1919. Pierre-Georges Latécoère launched Les Lignes Latécoère in 1918 to carry mail. The first passenger airlines appeared at the end of WWI, backed by private capital mainly from corporate bankers in association with aircraft manufacturers. It mainly operated airships and seaplanes. The history of Air France can also be found on 1909 - 1932 The Pioneers The ForerunnersĪs the oldest air transport company in France, the Compagnie Générale Transaérienne takes the Air France family tree back to 1909. ![]()
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